The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, shown July 30, 2013, is among 12 metro Detroit arts institutions to receive free consultancy services over the next 18 months.

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With budgets tight and the daily grind clamoring for attention, it's tough for arts organizations to step back and do the kind of creative thinking necessary to create a long-term vision and a plan for achieving it.

But a dozen metro Detroit arts institutions are about to get some critical help.

The respected DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has awarded 12 mostly medium-sized and small Detroit organizations a total of about $1.2 million in free consultancy services over the next 18 months. Announced today, the new program promises to build ...